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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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